Soldier who fought assignment to Iraq gets honorable dischar

[Secret Squirrel]

Soldier who fought assignment to Iraq gets honorable discharge, drops lawsuit


The Army honorably discharged an officer who had gone to court to challenge his assignment to Iraq, saying he had properly resigned more than a year earlier.
Carl Petitto, 32, dropped his lawsuit against the Army after securing his honorable discharge, which took effect Thursday.

"I feel like I have a new lease on life," said Petitto, who resigned as a 1st Lt. Reserve Commissioned Officer to run two health care centers in rural northern New York.

After serving 14 years of active and reservist duty for the Army and Navy, Petitto filed for resignation in February 2004.

His lawyer said the military failed to respond for nearly a year, then denied the application. He was to report for duty on March 24 and faced deployment to Iraq for at least a year and a half.

link (http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-04-28-discharge_x.htm)

[gaijinsamurai]

Unlike a lot of the disgraceful "soldiers" who try to get out of their obligations, it sounds like he had done everything in good faith, and deserves the honorable discharge. Some could argue that he tried to shirk his duty once his services were needed, but he had tried to resign his commission a long time before the Army wanted to deploy him. This looks more like a case of incompetance on the part of Army bureaucrats.

[Bombtrack]

Unlike a lot of the disgraceful "soldiers" who try to get out of their obligations, it sounds like he had done everything in good faith, and deserves the honorable discharge. Some could argue that he tried to shirk his duty once his services were needed, but he had tried to resign his commission a long time before the Army wanted to deploy him. This looks more like a case of incompetance on the part of Army bureaucrats.

x 2, well said

[Tally Man]

I agree 14 years active means a lot.

[Aerosoul]

Sure does. The Army just wanted to keep 'em around.

He did everything right.

[HoboWithAK]

I am from the area, he was from Ogdensburg. While he served with honor and was fighting for a resignment, I wouldn't have fought it tooth and nail like he did. His attitude, according to local news, was less than honorable. However, local news is local news, like any news. Take everything you hear with a grain of salt.

[PrincessRAR]

in the end he could have easily not shrunk away from duties and gone over...
but that is his decicision.

technically hes an officer so yeah its not as though anyone wouldnt expect this p-) rofl